It’s another carefree Saturday meme post.
I stole this little gem of a meme from Mary at Relevantblog…
10-20-30! Let the Virus Begin!
Quick: What were you doing ten, twenty and thirty years ago?
10 Years Ago ~ 1997
We were getting ready to move to our 2nd rental home after a huge landslide had forced us out of our lst home in Washington State. Our oldest Son was away in his freshman year of college at Westmont in Santa Barbara. Our 2nd son was in his Junior year of high school. I was homeschooling our daughter who was in 6th grade. Dear was working in downtown Seattle for a Biotec Company. This was an emotionally tough time with the loss of our home and the beginnings of letting our children go…
20 Years Ago ~ 1987
We were living in Ventura, California and had made the decision to move to Washington State so that Dear could complete his education at the University of Washington and apply to Pharmacy School there. Josh and Dan were in Elementary school and Katie was almost 2. Greg’s mother Verna was living with us after Rex’s death in 1985. Lots of packing, planning and emotions going on. The photo below is taken in 1988 when we stopped in Yuba City at Dear’s Aunt and Uncle’s on our way to Washington State to start our new life….
Aunt Carol, Dan, Josh, and Katie (July 1988)
30 Years Ago ~ 1977
Married for almost 3 years. We were living in Huntington Beach, California in our second home. We didn’t have any children yet (Josh arrived in 1979) I was teaching 2nd grade in Bell Gardens, California. Dear and his brother worked together in their own house painting business. We were active with our church young marrieds group and on our 2nd ski trip to Mammoth, California decided we were going to move there and live the life of bliss skiing our life away. At this time there was a building moratorium going on in Mammoth because of lack of snow and other issues in the city. We bought a beautiful lot for a great price because of the moratorium. We were dreaming big! Within the next year I got pregnant with Josh and the practical reality of not being able to make a great living in Mammoth set in. Just before Josh was born we sold our lot for double what we paid for it (biggest snow fall in years and the moratorium had lifted) We really could use the extra money since I was going to quit my teaching job to be a full time stay at home mom!
Well there you have it. I’m sure there are bigger things I forgot to mention but there will be another meme in the future that will bring out more lost memories for sure.
If you decide to steal this meme like I did and play along, let me know. I’d love to read about your decades….
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Great pic!!!!
Ellen,
What a fascinating excersice. I find that these walks down memory lane are so good for us aren’t they?
It’s wonderful to see how you were lead through out your marriage.
I would love to do this but I would have to do so much thinking. hahahahaha I’ll give it some thought and see if I can figure out where I was.
Now I’m off to look for your photo hunters pic for today. Swing by and see my “smelly” picture.
Pam
Thanks for the meme Ellen. I played along. It took some thought! I was blessed reading about your decades. Isn’t our God good………all the time? It is so good to look back and see his grace in perspective.
So fun Ellen~ I’ve never thought of doing something like that. It brought back some interesting memories…check it out. 🙂
I never realized that that pic was from us moving! Well that may just be my earliest memory then because I remember riding that horse and clinging to the saddle horn and Ray giving me instructions…
Katie, Yep, that was on our infamous journey to the Great Northwest! I’m glad you made that connection…
I played! This was so much fun 🙂 I loved yours, the picture of Josh, Dan & Katie on the horse is so cute.
Hey, Ellen, thanks for playing along. I caught wind that you did this through Bridget.
Mary DeMuth, now in Texas! But I remember ten years ago and the struggle you had with your house.
Mary!, I still have the beautiful card you gave us during this tough time in our lives… blessings to you in Texas!
Is Dear (or is it Greg?? I got lost there somewhere) a Pharmacist? My Dad is a RPh and I was a Pharm Tech throughout college……
MM, Yep Dear is a Pharmacist, oops and you caught my slip in giving away his name…